Merkel snubs German state leaders in direct Covid-19 appealDiminishing political unity contributing to public fatigue with restrictions, experts fearMon Oct 19 2020 - 19:10
German church rehabilitates disgraced Nazi-era pastorFriedrich Klein stripped of ordination rights in 1943 in response to Nazi military court convictionMon Oct 05 2020 - 18:04
Derek Scally: Some home thoughts from Berlin on Covid-19I’m struck by how many of my friends at home feel that anxious and bitter people are setting the pandemic agendaMon Oct 05 2020 - 00:48
Reunited Germany, 30 years on: ‘We have a permanent hullabaloo’Three decades ago 63 million West Germans and 16 million East Germans reunitedSat Oct 03 2020 - 05:00
Swiss bank ordered to pay compensation for missing East German millionsSubsidiary of Julius Bär bank helped hide cash for ruling party in state’s dying daysFri Oct 02 2020 - 16:47
Alexei Navalny blames Vladimir Putin for poison attackPolitician says he will return home to Russia in first interview since regaining consciousnessThu Oct 01 2020 - 16:36
Polish government hits back at letter of support for LGBTI communityLetter signed by 50 ambassadors calls for tolerance as ruling party ramps up rhetoricTue Sept 29 2020 - 19:23
Coronavirus: Vienna begins ‘cluster buster’ bus service to test schoolchildrenFleet of blue buses with medical staff to visit schools, using newly developed rapid testMon Sept 28 2020 - 19:08
AfD fires spokesman who favours ‘shooting or gassing’ migrantsGerman far-right party’s ‘fascist’ Christian Lüth says view representative of AfD seniorsMon Sept 28 2020 - 18:26
‘The arts in Ireland are a luxury – in Germany they’re a necessity’While the Irish arts sector remains largely shut down, Germany is prioritising the unlocking of cultureSat Sept 26 2020 - 06:00
Covid-19: How Asian countries got contact-tracing right while European states are strugglingJapan and South Korea trace beyond 48 hours to establish where the sick person caught the virusFri Sept 25 2020 - 13:16
Germany declares Dublin a Covid-19 risk area because of high number of casesArrivals from Dublin required to take a coronavirus test within 10 days and self-isolate until they receive negative resultWed Sept 23 2020 - 20:25
Varadkar notes ‘strong solidarity’ from EU ministers on Irish Brexit concernsTánaiste concerned that extremists using pandemic to rally support for conspiracy theoriesTue Sept 22 2020 - 00:00
Berlin exhibition offers a global audience a window into modern Irish lifeThe work in Ireland in Frame provides lessons for a Republic in the grip of a pandemicSat Sept 19 2020 - 17:38
Animal rights row endangers Poland's conservative coalitionJunior coalition partners vote against PiS Bills restricting ritual slaughter and fur tradeFri Sept 18 2020 - 18:20
Aldi empire wracked by family feudGrandson of founder accuses mother and sisters of defrauding companyFri Sept 18 2020 - 11:08
‘It is serious once more’: Austria announces strict coronavirus restrictionsGermany, which is also seeing a spike in cases, declares Vienna a Covid-19 risk zoneThu Sept 17 2020 - 18:40
German police investigate officers sharing Nazi imagesOfficers in North Rhine-Westphalia face charges of incitement to hatredWed Sept 16 2020 - 22:27
Germany to take in 1,500 Moria camp migrants after firePlan divides public opinion and generates tension inside Merkel’s ruling CDU partyTue Sept 15 2020 - 19:26
Lagerfeld parents were Nazi Party members, new biography revealsCelebrated fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld had guarded his family history closelyTue Sept 15 2020 - 16:17
‘Deutschland rocks’ but not if you’re BMWElon Musk’s visit to new Tesla ‘Gigafactory’ underlines growing crisis in German car industrySat Sept 12 2020 - 07:26
Donohoe calls for ‘unprecedented European solutions’ to Covid crisisEurogroup president wants return to budgetary and fiscal normalityFri Sept 11 2020 - 13:20
Donohoe to urge euro ministers to complete banking unionFinance minister says NPHET aware of knock-on economic effects of recommendationsThu Sept 10 2020 - 16:06
How Germany’s approach to Covid helps keep fear at bayBerlin’s attitude encourages return to normal and allows people to assess riskTue Sept 08 2020 - 21:38
US intelligence ‘spied on Julian Assange around the clock’German newspaper claims Spanish security firm hid microphones in London embassyMon Sept 07 2020 - 17:29
Alexei Navalny out of coma as Germany faces pipeline dilemmaPoisoned Kremlin critic off ventilator as Berlin under pressure on Nord Stream 2 projectMon Sept 07 2020 - 16:37
Coronavirus: Germany debates cutting self-isolation period to five daysExpert says proposal for those infected or potentially infected is risky but workableFri Sept 04 2020 - 18:56
German police say mother drugged and suffocated five childrenText message to woman’s mother: ‘Send police to the apartment, the children are dead’Fri Sept 04 2020 - 17:54
German clan chief stands accused of tax fraudCase set to shed light on clan business activity – particularly in Germany’s rap music sceneThu Sept 03 2020 - 19:01
Navalny poisoning challenges German Russia policyAngela Merkel calls time on Germany's middle road approach to Putin's RussiaThu Sept 03 2020 - 18:00
Five children found dead at apartment in GermanyMother (27) suspected of killing children at home in city of Solingen, say authoritiesThu Sept 03 2020 - 16:27
Berlin tech exhibition shows how to stage a trade fair in pandemicIFA, a landmark consumer tech event will go on, just in a different wayWed Sept 02 2020 - 17:58
German lockdown was too harsh says health ministerJens Spahn’s comments trigger demands for an inquiry into early pandemic decisionsWed Sept 02 2020 - 17:35
Leading German unions propose four-day working week to save jobsNew poll finds a reduction in working hours with only limited pay decreases is backed by 60% of GermansWed Sept 02 2020 - 05:00
Al fresco on Friedrichstrasse: How Berlin is reclaiming its streetsClosing off main thoroughfare to traffic on six-month trial basis is a ‘game changer’Tue Sept 01 2020 - 19:00
Germany’s president thanks police officers who faced down Reichstag riotersJust three officers defended Berlin’s parliament building from angry far-right mobMon Aug 31 2020 - 19:37
German politicians condemn attempted Reichstag stormingPolice used pepper spray as demonstrators broke through the protective barriersSun Aug 30 2020 - 15:59
Group tries to storm Berlin parliament after mass Covid-19 protestNephew of John F Kennedy addresses previously banned demonstration against restrictionsSat Aug 29 2020 - 21:16
Berlin court overturns ban on Covid-19 march expected to attract over 20,000Chancellor Angela Merkel describes coronavirus pandemic as ‘challenge to democracy’Fri Aug 28 2020 - 18:26
Covid-19 protest camp grows ahead of banned Berlin marchMarch ban is a necessary public health move, says Berlin’s interior ministerThu Aug 27 2020 - 20:00
Ischgl ski resort families sue Austria over Covid-19 deathsCivil suits run parallel to criminal cases over Europe’s first known superspreader eventWed Aug 26 2020 - 18:34
Germany’s Covid school reopening attracts less than glowing reportsTeacher union says decentralised education structures have led to widespread problemsTue Aug 25 2020 - 20:00
Germany experiences worst economic slump in post-war historyDeficit in first six months at €51bn, compared to surplus of €45bn for same period in 2019Tue Aug 25 2020 - 11:48
Alexei Navalny was poisoned, German doctors confirmRussian opposition activist remains in a serious condition in a Berlin hospitalMon Aug 24 2020 - 17:21
Alexei Navalny in stable condition in Berlin hospitalAnti-corruption activist’s supporters believe he drank tea laced with a poisonSun Aug 23 2020 - 18:25
German war on criminal clans reaches courtA rapper takes on the Abou-Chaker brothers in what could be a tipping point in clan warFri Aug 21 2020 - 14:45
Germany feels quiet pride five years on from refugee crisisBerlin Letter: What is striking about arrival of 1.2m people is not what failed, but how much workedThu Aug 20 2020 - 20:00
Greta Thunberg warns climate change ‘hamster wheel’ hindering progressActivist says ongoing denial about scale of crisis contrasts with urgency of Covid fightThu Aug 20 2020 - 15:17
Berlin motorbike riders ‘hunted’ in incident deemed terror attackSix people injured, three seriously, after man (30) drove into riders, prosecutors sayWed Aug 19 2020 - 17:49
Race to succeed Merkel as chancellor complicated by pandemicThree or four men jostling for CDU top job but crisis is exposing their shortcomingsTue Aug 18 2020 - 20:00
